Sunday, November 11, 2018

M is for Macron's Marianne

I did not realize for a long time that each French president gets to choose a new design for the definitive Marianne stamps.President Macron chose a design by street artist Yseult Digan, aka YZ, which he described as depicting Marianne as a politically engaged young woman. Link to article at art news.

I think the blue Europe rate below is the first of the new design I have received, and it comes from Heleen who was on vacation in France. Thanks for the unexpected mail!

'Penny for her thoughts' made me think of the fact that the first stamps issued in Britain cost 1 penny :)

Also I didn't know that presidents were choosing the design!.. Nice aliteration for today, too :-)

Happy that my mail arrived well. It was puzzling how to find cards, stamps and a mailbox, because it only was a two days stay in France, visiting friends (who stayed there for a week :-) ). But we managed, and of course I couldn't resist to take a picture of the mailbox in which your mail started its journey. See:https://www.instagram.com/p/BpZSRGXhJOa/